The Sun. — London, England, 1808-05-09 00:00:00

P4IILL,IMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS, SATUUDAY, MAY 7. The House met at half-past oneo'clock, when the Hon.. Henry Erskine was heard for the . Appellant, Colonel her, in the appeal as to the efficacy of the antient entails of the Roxburgh family. Farther hearing on Tuesday, and the hour to be fixed on Monday. The tioaa egANCIILLOR suggested, for the sake 4)( shortening the ptoeeedings in this case, and also for the accommodation of all parties, that the two Respondents should be heard against each other, in the competition of Brieves, previous to Mr. Clerk's teply, and then that he should be heard in answer to both. This arrangemiot, if adopted, will give Mr. Clerk only one reply, instead of three. The Scotch Judicature was reported and or dered to be printed. The Spirits Drawback Bill went through a Com mittee, and, was reported without any Amendment. Adjourned. ' - MAILS. Ain tvzo-2 Gottenburgh, 3 DOlin, ; Waterford. Doc —t Dublin, t Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE. n'CLOCK. Consols 4.-----671 for Money. THE SUN. lOLLM QUIII DICCItZ VALIUM AUDIA,T t LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 9 4 . 1804. A neutral Vessel, the name of which we do not think proper, for obsilous masons, to mention, ar!- tivt.tcl on Saturday at Cowes, from a 'French Port. The Captain hays, that when he came away a report was very current that ar► aEtton had, taken place in the Mediterranean, the result of which was not known:, If 'we: were sure of the faEt that an engage ment had taken place, we should feel very little un easiness as to the result ; but we have lately had so gnarly unfoUnded reports upon this subjea, that we are not disposed to give implicit credit to this ac count, though we are far from thinking it impro bable. Tim belief that an aeiloll.llas been fought, appears to be very general on the Contirtent for a Gentleman who left the Hague, on the morning of Sunday the Ist of May, and arrived in town on Satur day, declared, that before he came away, he was in formed by •a Dutch 'Officer, that intelligence• had, been received from Paris of a battle having been fought in the Mediterranean, but that the particulars had pot trAnApirttd. We, therefore, still iticinige the hope that we shall shortly receive. intelligence of a gratifying nature frota that quarter, The Captain of the above-mentioned Vessel alto " states that the late King of , Spain bad arrived at . raris. This morning two Gotlenkurgh Mails arrived, the contents ?of which will be found in a snbsequeuri column. lte Swedes continue to 'make a most ii3l - resistance in Finland, but the superiority of the . Enemy's numbers is sp greet, that they have been obliged to continue their retreat. It is stated in an article from Grottonburob, dated the ed instant, that a body of ten th,4usand French . and Rus sians have invaded the' Island of Gothland.— Igo particulars, however, of this attack are given in the. Swediib Papers, and it is even mentioned, with sortie degree of, doubt, that. skirmishes have taken place between the Swedish and Danish Flo tillas of Gun-boats, in which the former, though inferior iu ntunber, had decidedly the advantage. The following Shipping intelligenee was ,received ;t the East India Houma this morning : the !loyal George sailed hem Madras for 80 . 1/3bay the 13th, November 1807 ; the Windham was .to he.Clispatch ed from Bengal forilencoolen, int a cargo of pepper, for Europe ; the ; Duke qf Iliontrose; and Ceylon, had been dispatched • to Nince of Wales from w Lasoce they were to proceed to Madras. The Galliot 'Mu) .glizabeih arrived on Thurs day night at Falmouth, in eight days from Minna, .By her we !earn, that BUONArATITZ Mill at Bayonne, where the New King of Spain was ex,- peaed to'ineet him. The Prince of Peace- was still alive ; but it was believed that his execution was only delayed witlythe view of getting possession of fits immense treasures. We are pOsitively assured that orders have been issued for the . French Troops to evacuate Spain ; and that they have quitted l3ilboa in consequence of these orders It has been said that Government has nscheme in contemplation for granting Annuities for Lives, which,.if founded no a liberal basii, might be render ed a source of great comfort in private life. An Opposition Print observes, " that if the plan were to be concluded upon just and rational prin.' ciples; the terms, are -nor likely to invite any oumbtr of persons to enter into the same," and that " a public office of this, kind is not likely to be concluded with the care and providence of a private institution." But it is well-known, that though private institutions ,of this description are founded upon much mere rigatoni principles Olen Government, which ILls higher opals ia would be under the necessity of adopting, they in vile greet numbers jp enter into the scheme, and are very' produaive to the institution,:—Why a mea sure of this kind should not be conducted with in : Much care and providence, under the saniion of Go- vernment, as by, private individuals, we cannot con ceive ; and the perspicacity of the Opposition Writer" swill hardly b© able to discover. But though the Op position Print in question does not seem disposed to censure the Plan itself, it is not so uice in as signing motives for its introduifition, and, with its usual liberality, hints that " it May afford the means of influence," and require a new Board of Corn. missioners, Secretary, and Clerks, and that it pro. seeds to say " is the principal end perhaps . whiCh;is in view." We shall not make any comments upon this mode of. attacking a measure, before it is known whether it will be brought forward of not, merely because it is a measure attributed to the present men in power, but 'we cannot help advising the Opposition Writers to stay till they are persuaded that such a plan is likely to be carried into practice, for it will be quite time enough for them to elides. your to frustrate its operation when they find that it promises to be beneficial to their Country. The RoYAr.. FAMILY ar k ; eipee - ted in town to morrow. . . Parliarneut, it is supposed, will rise about the 10th of juue. • There will be a . Drawing-rooni at Sr. Jainests, on Thurulay,the igth inst.' The fineness of the day drew multitudes, yester day, into the Parks, and. the Promenade was elegant. On Saturday 'a Cabieet Council ‘vai held at . Bur , lington Honse, for the Convenience of his-Grace the Duke of PORTLAND, who stid colainues iu a very infirm state. Lord G,A,intEß' has quitted the Admiralty,: in order to take . upon him.wif the command ut the Channel Vice.. • , • The Count , ss of Esszx crave n grand rout, oh Mi. day night, at her hotise. itt e ßeritvicy-mpipTc, which way autended by six - hundrcci Nubility andFasliiOns abies. • The French have, according to report, required a loan of 40 millions of francs front the Duchies •of Holstein and Sleswig. Sir HMI' NA' II A M is appointed to the ,PePterate, of 74. guns, Lord MINCAN'6 Wag-ship in the .battle Of Camperdown; An order has been issued to increase the nuniber of the'Royal Marines Serving in the• Navy, as fol.; lows :-25 ton shin of the - first rate, to a . secOnd . •. . rate; 15 to p third rate, i 0:to faurtti rate and large Frigates, and in proportion to smaller Ships.- - , The following official communication was on Sa turday .tuade to the American Traders - AMERICAN coNsuLATE, 'LONDON, MAY 7. Whereas, by a conimunicinion 4i:cc/ve t t ..r thi 4 twin his Excenettcy r Ncszti aNlin4ter ILiniio tentiary of the United •Statcs here, it appcarA • that he .hath received intik:nation frotn.his Itritanniu I'jcsty's .Yrincipal Secretary of State for Po'reign Affairs, of the Establishnttttt of the most rigorous Itlockade of the lion of. Copenhagen, and all the other Ports in the Istod .of.Zezlittid. This is ihereforolo give clue notice thercqt to the American Mer chants, and others within this Consulatt4 that they may go. vern themselves accordingly. Whl, LYMAN, The American Ships Ann, Hannah, Reward, Runger, Neptunq, and 3/ay/lower, are. seized in the port of Alicant by a French Privateer. In Bavaria, all per%ons capable of beating f.irms, between.the ages. of Its and tin, are regularly drillud and enrolled as a Militia, subjeat to be called into more attive service if required. • The Royal Castle of Coldinglius, at Cplding, and a Magazine, were lately destroyed by accidental fire, Coffee at Petersburgh , has risen to 03 . rubles per pud of 401b.----Other articles of coloni4l produce biisit advanced in proportion.' BUONAPARTE has, it is stated, succeeded in ob taining a body of Danish sailors, gutlicient to'iran two Ships of the Line. During, the last week, they passed through Rotterdam on their route to FluShing, preceded by bands of niu ic, &c. ' On Saturday dispatches were received at the Admiralty truce Sir SAmotr..' Hoot), dated froth the Battle the 2Ath ult. but :they' contained nothing important. A vessel arrived on Saturday from the coast of Holland, with a 'humber of male pa.ssengeri on board. The Cip states, that he had taken then), together With 'some letuales, from a' neutral with the hitentionOf landing them in Holland; their native country, but so striEt was the Dutch GoVern men!, that it would permit no . Orson to land 'in the first instance. After great intercession, ever; in favour of the Ladles; they were allowed to join their friends on shore The Captain proceed ed with the other passengers to 'England. There is something peculiarly remarkable in the fate of Lord Reystoti and his companions, This Noble Lord has nor been above four yeara from this country, and not one of those by whom he was ac companied on his departure has survived his fate. His tutor, private secretary, and steward, all died a natural death some time since; and his other at tendants, together with the companions of' his tour, sunk with him into the watery grave. 'His:Lordship had twice, since he went to. the Continent, escaped being drowned. In the, course of the last winter he went down in a sledge, and was rescued by a Mr. Perms, who took him out oldie ice by the' hair of the head— For this Mr. POOLE was haudsomely warded by Lord HAStDWICKE. - Lord . RoysTori was distinguished for great amiability of disPositiOnw and activity 'Mind. We are happy to understand that the report of the Marquis of Duuoi.As'a having met the lileloncholy fate of Lord itor.sii'op; is. totally unfounded. The friends of the Noble Mat-gills recently received in telligence that. his Lordship had taken quite a dif ferent route. Ott Friday afternoon" Noon; the celebrated pe destrian, ran two miles on the Bayswater road, in nine minutes and 54 .seconds. He had engaged to perform this unparalleled feat in 1t) minate4, turn. COTTENRURVI AL4ILS. aorretleuttoit, MAY I.—Seroyal letters from Carisciona and Calmar, received here to day, state, that the French and Russians, to the number of Oi I ,Otm, have invaded the island of Gothland. They came over, it is said, in a Line-of-battle Ship and seven Frigates, 'supposed to be the Russians from Memel and Liebau ; 4000 men landed on the 22d ult. and 6000 on the 24th ; such are the contents of these letters, but we do not give them full credit. GOTTBNBURGH, MAY 2.--Yesterday arrived here, under convoy of his Britannic Majesty's Ship Kite, ten Sail of Transports, laden with military stores, ammunition, &c. for the use of the Swedish Govern ment. By accounts from Stromstadt we learn, that a sharp anion took place, a few days since, within sight of that town, between twenty-eight Danish ► Gun-boats, and a small. Flotilla, consisting only of four Swedish ones, and a Mortar Vessel, which con- . 'tinued for four hours, in which time two oft he Danes were sunk, and one blown 'up 'the rest made their escape. During the tielion four 24 pound shots entered the town of Strotnstadt witliout doing much damage. Otir accounts from Finland are not very pleasing. It is said the Swedish. army has suffered very severely in an action near l3rahnstadt, and have lost a great nnmber, of men and officers : amongst the latter General LOPVEN 113 ELM, who was wounded and made prisoner. Ili Norway General AR FELDT had driven the enemy across the Glotmue, and stormed and taken one or two forts near Lier, which is not far from Christiana, and was pursuing his ad- vantages. Not 1.--Gothland is a fertile Island in the Baltic,•.citimbh, of being ritwic very • strung it.; pup utstioti . is about 25,c00 pcup:e. GOTTEIBURCM, APHLL 29 —An English Man of War has brought in here six Brigs, three Gaßiota, and one Sloop, laden with corn and provisions,'w Mel) were taken at Flatstrand, where they lay under pro tee4ion of the FortresS. Four more Vessels which rehased to go were set on fire ; all Danish Vessds. A short detail of the engagement pear Strnnwadt, on:. the 26th April, 1808, between 28 Norway Coasting Vessels, four Swedish Gun-boats, and one Mortar-boat. At half-past 5 o'clock the-. Norway Flotilla appeared, mounting guns from 6 to' 24- pounders. Four of our pun -boats, and one Mortar, rowed to meet them, about half the way, half a gun-shot from the Toufn. The engagement was began by our Gun-boats, and continued under an incessant shower of balls, 4 . 0. the space of one hour and 40 minutes. It ter minated se, that,our'Bonts gave the last Or. In the presence' of the speaators, two of the enemy's Vessels were sunk, with their crews and every thing on board ; three of them thuy towed away, and one was' missing, which doubtless , has been sunk. This engagement is beyond credibility, to those that were not spectators of it, and posterity will consider the account of a as romantic: On our side there were four killed, and too men so much Wounded that they died shortly after, seven were slightly wounded. • • &rock itoot, APRIL22.-1 - 141toyallYTAJtsrY, the day before yesterday, re?eived the following' two Reports froni . ‘ Count KLINGSPOR, General-in-Chief of the Army in ,Finland . ; dated. headquarters, Bra hestad.and Lumelocke the 17th and 20111 of April. VIHBT EUPORT. 4‘ My last report was of the 14th instant and dis patched from 1 6 ylajocki. The 16th the army halted; and on the t (it h, .at five o'clock in the morning a report .was received from Colonel - GRLPENDBRO 3 who, with the third BOgade formed: dm rear of the army, that at the very moment when his corps pia itself in motion, it was attacked near Ypperi by a column 'of the enemy's troops, greatly superior in number. I immediately sent thither your Royal MAJESTY' Adjutant-General, Colonel Count LOWENIIJII.4I, who formed the third Brigade, en gaged in a very severe confiia with the enemy ; after having' made a very vfigorous resistance, fell' back to Wiretstorp, where it halted, formed, and joined thefirst Brigade, which occupied the Villages in the neighbourhood of . Pylajoeki, and covered our left flank, which the enemy seemed anxious to " The 3d Brigade made the above retrograde move ment with the utmost calmness and order, under the orders of Col. GRlPUbiligliG, whose conduct was oit that occasion us conspicuous as it has been on all others ; being, however, informed of the Enemy's vast superiority in :number, I ordered the retreat to , be continued, which movement was made with the utmost order. . " The 3d Brigade retreated at some distance from the sea, while I With the first Brigade marched along the coast, the former having been joined by the regiment of Abe, formed on the ice in order of batik, in such a manner, that the brigade was able to continue the retreat. Adjutant-Gen. Count LowENn.reLn, who put himself at the head of the cm;alry, to Mahe 211 attack, full with his horse, and was taken prisoner, and Captain CLAtsretir, who greatly distinguished himself, shared the same fate. "The Enemy Ending that notwithstanding merous artillery and horse were not able - to succeel in his endeavours to turn our right flank, gave up his pursuit about a quarter of a mile from Pybjocki. The Brigade continued to retreat in a northern reetion on the ice, and joined the second Brigade near Salo; one division of g►hich had orders to.sup- port the first Brigade,, in case that the Enemy should ` push on still fUrther. The other division 4f the se cond Brigade, which had taken post near Plehargi, was ordered to join the third Brigade. The three Brigades marched thereupon, according to the orders received by them ; the first to Pylajocki, the W. cond to Salo, 'and the third to Brahistad and Palo, where the army is to halt this day, to rest from the excessive fatigues and severe .confthas which the troops have had to sustain. To-morrow the first Brig4de is to march to Carlo, to cover the coma, and the :Second and third are to proceed to Sik3jocki. " Our loss in the above at - lion consists in on* OffiCerand 68 rank and file . killed 13 Officers and 83 men wounded, and, two Officers and six men taken •prisoners.. The Enemy'aloss is far mote con siderable, on account of the strong positions taken up by our troops, and defended with the utmost intrepidity and valour. " MAURICE KLINGSFOII." SECOND 1 U " . My last report - as . of the' 17th instant, cow t ained an account of the a6lions. which took plac e noar Ypperi, Wiret, and Pylajoeki, and of the army * retreat to Brakestad : the army halted there the 1 7 1 b, and arrived on the 18th at Sikajoek, where it Coo l * derahle action took place, in , which the enemy %%1 4 ' defeated by ,your MAJESTY'S troops, who behaved: , in that affair, as they . have hitherto done in all other's with the utmost gallantry And valour. " Our loss in the action; in which the enemy were forced to retreat in the utmost disorder, con sists, ,on our side, in one Officer killed and O' wounded, and a number of rank and file wounded and, slain, which I have not yet been able to acer tai:. " \Ke have taken 264 persons, .among ore Major and -four Officers, three of whVIII Wad badly wounded. " Head-Quarters, Lumijocki, enth April, isos. ,, "IVi. ILl'G•il'Ul<. (Stockholm Gazette of April 28) .GOTTIMURGIT, APIUL Asmrat.np , who commands the Expedition pgainst Norway, pressing forward over the Mange! Mountains to. wards Christiana, and in Lis progress had obtaint'd impuriant, shougli warmly contested,. advantages. The enemy ci.llected about tioov men, including the garrison of Kongcvengcr, on 'the Banks of , the Giornale, where they shrew up works to defend the passage. The Swedes, uninformed of their strength, attacked the works with about 1560 men, under Barba ANKERSVARD and Major HARD, and carried them, snaking about aua prisoners, 100 01 whom were regulars, and taking all their store 4. They were enabled, however, to carry off all their guns excepting three. The Swedes had about 100 ,killed and wounded--the loss of the Enemy, Par' Ocularly of the armed peasants, in killed and wound-- ed, is ,apposed to be much more considerable. The fort of Blackiers, one et the defences of Christiana , has surrendered with its garrison to Col. LAVGLIt'. Ettitia, and the forts of the Igle and Ahlanger, with 500 prisoners, are repartee} to have fallen into the hands of General AEIVFELDT, whose head-quarte rs. were on the igth m Lier, upon the Glome, and were on the following day to be advanced to Black iers. We hear that in the adion 'near Glomme , General ARMFELDT had. his General's staff shot aelaY• Report says, that we have taken the forts of Igle and Ahlanger, with 600 prisoners. VIENNA,7:A.PRIL 2.—A prisoner ofdistinaion w as brought to tilts city some evenings since, in his ow n coach and four, from Bohemia, doubly ironed, anl under strong escort. He concealed his ace, anti neither his name nor offence has transpired. A great number of vessels on the flannbe have been put is requisition fort he conveyance, it is said, of troops' By a return from the Excise Office; it appears that the present stock of coffee in this city aniounts.,t a . abuut 8000 cwt. , and Of sugar about 15,000 On. The Prince Primate of Geimany has won the 0' pital prize of 50,000 florins in' his own lottery. Our headers will recoiled the account which Weil appeared of the Btighton . fishermen released a t Dieppe. As soon as this was known to our Go.. vernment, an order was issued to permit the return of the French fishing SloOps lately brought ig by way of retaliation. A horrid murder ,was committed on the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Sledger, of Thaw Farm, tWo miles from Drayton, Dorset, on Wednesday morning, at two o'clock. Three robbers broke into the house, and alarmed the family, and the farmer and his wile were bound together in bed. There was only a maid-servant beside in the house, who fled, and two hours after procured assistance, When the poor old man and woman were found dead, and mangled in a shocking manner. Their ages amounted to tilo years. One of the'villains wo rked on the farm, tic' cording to the infortnation of the servant, and he 10 ! decamped. 11, nearOn u, Tuesday dt,j, h i l ia r d . Sparks, upward sv?co6ohoasshaeeplar4e tt-gertar, IG '1 ' when, being affrighted by a dog, they jumped inta, • an adjoining field, which is on a great descent, ofl° they fololwed each other over the gap of the he' d g ° ,,, so fast, that 123 of them were killed: They weiv carried into Guildford in waggons. i There will be an eclipse of the Moon onlintr.o i day. The commencement . at 56 minutes past. 6 IP . the morning, beginning of total darkness 54 111 , 1 1 . nines past 45, 4 ' which will last an hour and a 1" mid the Cellist- will end g CU minutes pis; 9.